Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati demanded a CBI probe into the murder of the party’s Tamil Nadu head K. Armstrong on Sunday. Mayawati charged those arrested by the state police in the case are not the real culprits.
The BSP supremo visited Chennai on Sunday and paid homage to the mortal remains of Armstrong who was hacked to death on Friday. Addressing party cadres, Mayawati said, “Our party has taken this incident very seriously and we will not sit quietly. Our state unit will not sit quiet and they will exert pressure on the state government to refer this case to the CBI." However, Mayawati advised party cadres not to take law into their hands. “To ensure action against the accused, the party cadre should come forward but at the same time, stay within the limits of law and show that the weaker section does not take law into their hands,” ANI reported quoting the BSP leader.
Mayawati charged real culprits have not been arrested in the case and only a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation will unearth truth. "The real culprits have not been nabbed. Transfer the probe to CBI. We are not hopeful that the state government will ensure justice. So, refer the matter to CBI immediately," she demanded.
The BSP leader further said Dalits all over the state were apprehensive following Armstrong's killing and urged Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to ensure their safety. Mayawati charged the murder of Armstrong shows the law and order situation is deteriorating in the state. “The way he was killed, shows there is nothing called law and order in Tamil Nadu. Those who have killed him, the real culprits have not been nabbed," she said.
Mayawati placed a wreath before the body of the 52-year-old leader at a private school in Perambur in the city.
The 52-year-old Armstrong, state chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was hacked to death by a six-member gang near his house in Chennai on Friday. The victim is a former councillor of Chennai Corporation.
